Zeta Phi Beta – In the early 1930s, the Kappa Alpha chapter of Zeta Phi Beta was established at Miner Teachers College. Zeta stated that its objectives included finer womanhood, sisterly love, and scholarship. The chapter’s work included...

Yearbook. Pre-Title Page: If the Son Shall Make You Free, Ye Shall Be Free Indeed [Photo of Statue of A. Lincoln With African American Child. Title Pages (Double Page Spread): The Lion Nineteen Hundred Fifty Three, Published By the Senior Class of...

Yearbook. Pre-Title Page: If the Son Shall Make You Free Ye Shall Be Free Indeed (Same Image as 1953 Lion – Statue of A. Lincoln With African American Child), The Lion 1959. Title Pages (Double-Page Spread): The Lincoln University 1959 Lion,...

Radio – Washington (D.C.) -- University of the District of Columbia;
WUDC

WUDC was a 4,000-watt station, licensed to the University of the District of Columbia – hence the call letters – WUDC. UDC had to sell its radio station to raise the money it needed as an educational institution. WUDC was never a financial...

WTI President Cleveland Dennard with plans for new WTI campus. WTI was first housed at temporary quarters at the old Bureau of Standards campus at 4100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC. WTI President Dennard led the initiative to construct...

Workshops and Clinics:
In compliance with the theory that one of the most effective means of promoting self-improvement of teachers is to provide opportunities for them to attack jointly problems growing out of their professional situations,...

Wilson Teachers College was established in 1873 as the Washington Normal School. The name was changed to James Ormond Wilson Normal School in 1913 in honor of the man who was superintendent of schools when Wilson Normal School was founded. Wilson...

District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings

Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...

Wilbur F. Steele Hall Was Completed in 1922 and is One of the Earliest Buildings on Campus. It Was Designed as a Dining Facility. The Building Was Named in Honor of Wilbur F. Steele, the President of Bennett College From 1881-1889. In 2004 the...